Podcast appearances and mentions of Isabel J Kim

Bitches love endurance.Think Twitch stream marathons. Think the 3-week livestream of moose migration happening at the time of this episode's publication. Think the first ever viral MrBeast video in which he simply counts to 100,000. From the Barkley Marathons to Cory Booker's day-long Senate speech, this is the episode in which we discover that people on the internet really like when people do stuff, but for a long time.SourcesJasmin Paris documentaryCory Booker's Oura ring statsMoose Migration!!!!!!!Find Us Online Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftruePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrueWebsite: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.comAbout Us Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amanda tells Iz about Claude Plays Pokemon, where an AI wearing the skin of a beloved communal experience simply fails to make it out of Mt. Moon. Then Iz inflicts JD Vance memes on Amanda, explaining another sort of beloved communal experience: making JD Vance edits. Also—brodernism!SourcesAmanda's article on Claude plays PokémonBrodernism!An all time bad post :(Midroll linksThis Guy SuckedCrampedFind Us Online Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftruePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrueWebsite: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.comAbout Us Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Silicon Valley bros are not okay, and neither are their indeterminate number of genetic offspring. We discuss why the rightwing tech elite are obsessed with having babies, and more importantly, how can we possibly move forward with our lives now that we have [spoilers] learned about a new Elon baby live on air?Sources“The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of ‘Blues'”Amanda's “Uber with Guns” articleAshley St. Clair sues Elon Musk for custodyGrimes' custody struggles with Elon Musk“Why the Left Should Embrace Pronatalism”“A fired federal worker grapples with her vote for Trump”Bryan Johnson is, well, yeahFind Us Online Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftruePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrueWebsite: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.comAbout Us Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Everyone cites a statistic about how men don't read, but no one knows where that statistic comes from -- so, we did our own very sound scientific study and talked to some men we know about reading. Saunas are involved. Wow if True except every time you ask a man if they read the room gets one degree hotter because we are in a sauna.  Thanks to Eric Silver, Sam Rizer, David Newtown, and an amorphous disembodied chorus of Isabel's high school friends ("myst cult") in a sauna for participating. Sources: The viral panic around men's reading habits, fact-checked: https://www.vox.com/culture/392971/men-reading-fiction-statistics-fact-checked Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're out here talking about romantasy and lawsuits related to romantasy. No, not the omegaverse one. OK, a little bit the omegaverse one. Also, asking the age of question: do men read. (Also, a note for the sharp-eared listeners, we don't talk about public domain day despite promising it - next ep!) Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

We discuss the internet's reaction to the United Healthcare CEO shooting and the suspect, Luigi Mangione, from a perspective sorely missing from the national conversation: two people who also went to Penn. Finally, something we have true expertise in. Also: how attractiveness relates to public opinion, online sentiment toward Luigi, and you know, the whole murder thing. Links NYT thinks Luigi is too hot: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-doesnt-want-you-to-see-mangiones Lit Hub on Luigi's Goodreads: https://lithub.com/luigi-mangione-is-currently-reading-what-can-we-really-learn-about-the-uhc-ceos-killer-based-on-the-books-hes-read/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

In this episode: somehow, no one makes a 4Beez nuts joke. Also, we talk about the Korean 4B feminist movement strangely gaining steam on American TikTok after the election, and how the right is mad that women are shaving their heads, but no one is actually shaving their heads. Also, bald correspondent Joe joins us in the studio -- we literally mean a studio this time, we were in a studio weirdly... wow if true...  Links: Volante Design: https://www.volantedesign.us/ (use code WOW for 10% off!) Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

Iz and Amanda talk about: glow in the dark condoms, America's most evil liberal, the double bongcloud, Isabel's book career and the fact that she needs to become a TikTok star, and bringing the portal to Philadelphia, ft. cameo by Iz's boyfriend, at the most appropriate time. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.  

Time for Wow if True 101, a brief look back at the history of Wow if True. By brief, we mean an hour. Iz and Amanda talk about the trajectory of Wow if True and also, their lives. This one's MAD parasocial. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

We made it to a hundred episodes! Unfortunately, all celebration must be postponed because Isabel needs to read Amanda far too much Pokémon mythology. That's right, we're talking about the big Pokémon data leak and the resulting Typhlosion memes. By this we mean Pokémon fucking. We're talking about Pokémon fucking. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.  

What do celebrities owe us? What do your local podcasters owe you? Does anyone ever owe anyone anything? We discuss whether celebrity endorsements are a positive or negative development, and also whether men deserve candles. Thank you to ~research assistant~ Brae Parenteau for their help on this episode! Sources Chappell Roan's feature in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chappell-roan-good-luck-babe-fame-fans-1235094314/ Harvard study on celebrities' political impact: https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ash-Center-Study_Celebrities-Strengthening-Our-Culture-of-Democracy_Final.pdf Taylor Swift + Vote.org stats: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/us/politics/taylor-swift-voter-registration.html Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

This episode has it all: and by, it all, we mean that Amanda spends about a full twenty minutes talking about her celebrity crush. And yet, through the power of podcasting, we manage to dive into the history of Stanley Cups and Owalas and how water bottles became fashion statements. We even interviewed Dr. Jess Rauchberg, a professor at Seton Hall studying digital culture, about water bottle culture. Amanda's celebrity crush DOES somehow relate to water bottles, but not in the way you think.   Links Jess Rauchberg: https://x.com/JessRauchberg Soda craze in Utah: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/dining/swig-soda-shop-chains.html Utah & the Stanley trend: https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/01/17/stanley-cup-utah-trend-starbucks-target Is this even eco-friendly: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/health/water-bottles-beverages.html   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.  

So what's a friend, anyway? Well, if you're making an AI startup, a friend is a mic who is always listening :) Iz and Amanda discover the power of friendship and also the power of buying the url friend.com and also the power of reading The Power Broker, Robert Caro's 1162 page epic. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.  

Isabel J. Kim, attorney, author, podcaster, and sword girl, makes the game "Oil Zone," based on the prompts: Neon, hydraulic, a game that doesn't use a regular controller The Mad Max of it all is that you hunt feral AI cars - and other players - at night in order to customize and upgrade your whip. But I hope you have strong arms because you've only got a valve wheel and a hand pump to do it with! STRAP IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE. Hear more of Isabel J. Kim on Wow, If True here or on your favorite podcast app. Also check out the oil-based TTRPG she mentioned, called Greed, here on Itch.io. Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com. Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber. Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.  

Moiya finally finished the M dwarf planet! She's joined by Isabel J. Kim and together they made the cube crabs a bunch of anxious avoidant chemistry nerds who all went to survival camp.   HOSTED by Dr. Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo), astrophysicist and folklorist GUEST Isabel J. Kim is an attorney, speculative fiction writer, and co-host of the Wow if True podcast. Stay up to date with her work at isabel.kim  MESSAGES Download a copy of Dr. Moiya's worldbuilding workbook to get started on your fictional world! Fill out the Worldbuilding Club Interest Form if you're looking for a worldbuilding community Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday HOUSEKEEPING Order my book, THE MILKY WAY: https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/moiya-mctier/the-milky-way/9781538754153/ BUY EXOLORE SWAG: store.dftba.com/collections/exolore   FIND US ONLINE patreon: patreon.com/exolorepod twitter: twitter.com/ExolorePod instagram: instagram.com/exolorepod website: exolorepod.com subreddit: reddit.com/r/ExolorePod   CREDITS Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Cover art: Stephen J. Reisig, http://stephenjreisig.com/ Editing: Mischa Stanton, https://www.mischastanton.com/    ABOUT US How would you like to swim in an ocean ruled by matriarchal squid, or fly over a planet as it rotates with a swarm of migrating wasps? No, it's not the latest VR craze (... yet); it's Exolore! Exolore helps you imagine other worlds with the help of facts and science. Every other week, host Dr. Moiya McTier invites experts to build a world from scratch or sits down with a fiction fan to dive deep into their favorite worlds. Every episode will make you laugh, go "huh?" and appreciate how special our world really is. Exolore is a member of Multitude Productions, an independent podcast collective and production studio.

Pepe: the frog, the myth, the legend. We go all-in on a deep dive on what Pepe has meant as a cultural symbol – from frog, to neo-nazi, to grassroots rebel, and somehow, to a crypto symbol. Sometimes a frog simply contains multitudes. Feels good man. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/  Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.

None of this episode is legal advice. We're joined by IP attorney Sam Doesntwantrealnameincluded, and we discuss the legality of stealing Scarlett Johannson's voice for your AI, or if she can sue you for one billion dollars (trick question: its always legal to sue in America!). Also, listener questions about copyrighting the internet, answered with varying degrees of legal fidelity. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.    

  Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, explaining how what's happening online shapes the real world. And we're the internet experts and real-life besties to unravel it: tech culture journalist Amanda Silberling and science fiction author slash attorney Isabel J. Kim, Esq. More importantly, we're the only podcast that will mention Neopets and horizontal mergers in the same episode. New episode every other Wednesday.   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude Productions, an independent podcast collective and production studio.

This week we discussed The Brides of High Hill, book 5 of the Spring Hills Cycle series, written by Nghi Vo and narrated by Cindy Kay. We also shared some of our recent short fiction listens in our Short Fiction Spotlight. The Brides of High Hill [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Chug the Tea Leaves, Chuck the Ads” written by Tim Chawaga, narrated by James Kaku Pierson [Escape Pod 938] ”The Last Oracle of Atlantic City” written by C.H. Irons, narrated by Elie Hirschman [Escape Pod 922] ”Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole” written by Isabel J. Kim, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 209 ”Geminoid” written by Malena Salazar Maciá, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 210 ”Variant Cover: Pantone Sunset” written by Marie Vibbert, narrated by Rebecca Wei Hsieh [Escape Pod 939] ”Binomial Nomenclature and the Mother of Happiness” written by Alexandra Munck, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 208

Isabel got a seven figure book deal and got the book optioned, but she continues to threaten to kill people on our podcast (especially the kid in the Omelas hole). No, this is not a bit. Iz is god's favorite princess, and Amanda can run a mile without stopping. Links Isabel's book deal announcement!  The story about killing the kid in the Omelas hole Most importantly... NEW MERCH! Get your very own shirt/mug that says "I listened to Wow If True before Isabel J. Kim got a seven figure book deal." This merch is very funny and good.   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.     

This episode features "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the February 2024 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

Happy new year, which means happy public domain day! We talk about Steamboat Willie, our favorite (and least favorite) internet moments of 2023, how to eat crabs, etc. We play two (2) whole games, like Wow if Two Truths and a Lie and the now-annual public domain game! The Isabel book club! We sliced the meme!  More about Steamboat Willie: https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/02/steamboat-willie-mickey-mouse-public-domain/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

In this episode: Isabel has a concussion and a cold at the same time, so Amanda does the podcast alone and has an existential crisis. While confronting her vulnerability and loneliness without her other podcasting half, Amanda tells you about Henry Kissinger death memes, weird fanfic theories, OpenAI drama, and crabs. Links Mark Yarm on Henry Kissinger memes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/26/kissinger-death-memes/ OpenAI and bad HP fanfic collide:  https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/what-does-a-harry-potter-fanfic-have-to-do-with-openai/ Crab rave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.     

This episode features "Day Ten Thousand" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the June 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_06_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

It's our longawaited 69th episode, dedicated to the history of the 69 meme. But also we're on an island with our 30 closest friends, many of whom are in the room (cabin) with us today! After we enlighten you with our deep dive into 69 history, our live cabin audience will dazzle you with stories from the island, including egg drop drama, wizard LARPing, and the spooky thing Isabel saw. Find Us Online  Buy our merch! https://www.wowiftrue.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. We are indebted to Dark Diogenes.

We're waiting for our own Bigolas Dickolas moment. Unfortunately, this isn't the episode for that, because Amanda talks about which Jeopardy Master showed feet, and Isabel ranks all her dnd characters by rizz. Yes, we have lost the plot. And the time war. But hey, at least we follow more than 30 women on twitter (now you have to listen for context, here's how Wow if True can still win.)   Links   Bigolas Dickolas: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/11/bigolas-dickolas-time-war-booktok/   Isabel is in Best American SFF 2023!!!! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2023-r-f-kuangjohn-joseph-adams?variant=41012404125730  Find Us Online  Buy our merch! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.    

In this episode, we're skeeting all over the place, because sometimes, everything happens everywhere all at once. By that we mean: dril vs. Elon ultimate showdown (of ultimate destiny), bluesky (aka twitter 2) vs twitter (aka twitter 1), and Amanda vs. the mortifying ordeal of meeting Hank Green. Find Us Online  Buy our merch! Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.

MSCHF has anime girl tax preparation software, Brandon Sanderson has a wizard supervillain lair, and Amanda has unsubstantiated hot takes about sports. Really. C'mon sport, let's watch the big game. And by the big game, I mean, let's get our taxes done by dating an anime girl. Links Anime girl dating sim tax prep ?? https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/30/anime-girl-tax-dating-sim-mschf/ Weird Brandon Sanderson story 1: https://www.wired.com/story/brandon-sanderson-is-your-god/ Weird Brandon Sanderson story 2: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a43438119/brandon-sanderson-profile/ Find Us Online  Buy our merch! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.

This episode features "Zeta-Epsilon" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the March 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

We recommend making yourself a cheese toast before listening so that you don't get hungry for cheese toast, because we're talking about a 60-year-old retiree's cheese toast Facebook group. Also: SVB and the internet's reaction to SVB melting, FTX influencer lawsuits, and why English majors will inherit the earth. And no, we don't talk about the SAT for 30 minutes. No, seriously, our editor cut that bit. You're welcome. Links Cheese Toast: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/a-retirees-group-for-cheese-toast-lovers-is-an-earnest-glimpse-of-weird-facebook/ FTX influencers gettin' sued: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/finance-youtubers-sued-over-promotion-of-ftx/ GPT-4 takes AP exams: https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1635700173946105856 Find Us Online  Buy our merch! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.  

Real life archivist (and our editor!) Allison Mills tells us how we preserve the internet, prompting Amanda to have an existential crisis about memory. Then, we return to the "maybe NFTs are bad, actually" corner with an update on Metabirkins, the overpriced NFTs of the overpriced handbags, which met their fateful end in an historic court ruling. Links Metabirkins: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/hermes-gets-win-over-metabirkins-in-first-nft-trademark-trial Loewe Howl's Moving Castle: https://www.loewe.com/usa/en/loewe-x-howls-moving-castle/discover-the-collection Allison :3 https://allisonmillswrites.com/ MERCH! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

We have merch now. But also we talk about events like the shutdown of twenty-year-old forum Stripperweb, that Seinfeld AI thing, the Korean spa, Brandon Sanderson, and how Amanda is now close personal friends with Brennan Lee Mulligan. Sort of. Also how the internet is simultaneously permanent and ephemeral at the same time and that's really a mindfuck, isn't it!? Most importantly, buy our merch. And vote for Isabel in the Locus Awards! Links: MERCH!!! https://wowiftrue.com/merch/ Vote for Isabel (three stories in short story category!!!!): https://poll.voting.locusmag.com/ Stripperweb mystery: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/31/stripperweb-forum-shut-down/ Seinfeld AI: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/03/nothing-forever-ai-generated-seinfeld-twitch/ Just kidding: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/ai-generated-seinfeld-suspended-on-twitch-for-ai-generated-transphobic-jokes/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown.  Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

Well folks, there's no getting around it, this one's mostly about D&D. AKA the OGL two, sequel to OGL, 2 OGL 2 furious, dropped ten hours before we recorded and so of course we have to talk about copyright, derivative content, and how not to alienate your entire fanbase with one simple trick. Also, Shrek is there. Also, the pink sauce is back. You're welcome! Links D&D Creative Commons: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-wizards-of-the-coast/ Did Shrek name himself? https://www.tumblr.com/aryashi/706291086771011584 Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

It's our first episode of 2023, and that can only mean one thing: it's time to talk about new entries to the public domain! Noted Gamesman™ Eric Silver stopped by to play some games to honor the absurd internet stories of the year, but already, the new year is just as absurd as the last. To quote the undead indie romance writer Susan Meachen, let the fun begin!  Show Notes Author who faked her death: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/susan-meachen-author-alleged-death-hoax Public domain day! https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/ It's Eric! https://twitter.com/el_silvero Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

"The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside" by Isabel J. Kim - published in Apex Magazine, issue 135, January 2023. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-big-glass-box-and-the-boys-inside/ Isabel J. Kim is a Korean-American speculative fiction writer based in New York City. She is a Shirley Jackson Award winner and her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, among others. When she's not writing, she's either practicing law or co-hosting her internet culture podcast Wow if True —both equally noble pursuits. Find her at http://isabel.kim/ or @isabeljkim on Twitter. Julian Maclurg is a queer, trans writer, director, and voice actor. He has a first-class degree in creative writing and grew up attending theatre and music schools. Above all, he's a storyteller and a writer, and couldn't be more excited to share a story he's so passionate about.  He helms The Night Shift Podcast, an urban fantasy queer led audio drama about a barista entangled trying to unearth the darkness of Echor City.  He's on twitter @gunpowderstars and the show can be found at www.nightshiftpod.com This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit.  Theme music by Alex White.  Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit. Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

This episode features "Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the November 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_11_22 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

It happened: Elon Musk ordered that thing from Amazon late at night and then it arrived at his home and it wasn't what he expected but it was too late to return it. In other words, he owns Twitter now, but we'd rather not talk about the implications of that. Instead, let's talk about the memes spawned from this historic transaction. Also, we talk about the lawsuit surrounding Disco Elysium. May the pale wash away Elon & ZA/UM's sins. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

In this episode: everyone is very regular on the internet! Just kidding. Wifeguy stocks tank. Amanda succeeds in our original goal of going viral. Iz gets asked about weed while wearing a blazer at an MCR concert. Look, it's been a week. We're all doing our best, but at least our best isn't delivering a resume cake to the Nike office.   Links   Isabel's Shirley Jackson Award-nominated story! https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/youll-understand-when-youre-a-mom-someday/   Resume cake chaos: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/nike-resume-cake/283-325dc0b3-6989-4764-909e-f04b2fdcfd67   Musk fuckery: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/29/elon-musk-texts-discovery-twitter/   Tumblr fuckery: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/27/tumblr-bring-back-porn-nsfw-community-labels/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills.   

You have questions, we have answers. We talk about how the pod is going, mundane super powers, influencer animals, internet art, good books, and whether we would fuck, marry or kill Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. You know, normal things.  Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

This episode features "Termination Stories for the Cyberpunk Dystopia Protagonist" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the July 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_07_22 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

Amanda McLoughlin (CEO of Multitude Productions) says that everything she knows about running a business, she learned in fandom... because believe it or not, the same skills that help you organize a fic exchange also help you run an independent podcasting collective! This one's for you, fanfic enthusiasts and former britpickers.   Links Amanda McLoughlin: https://twitter.com/shessomickey Multitude: http://multitude.productions/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

Sorry for talking about Elon Musk again, but in our defense, he should stop doing things like "having a secret baby with Grimes" and "spending $44B on Twitter." That's right, Elon "Tesla stock at $420" Musk is likely buying Twitter, and meanwhile, you could briefly 420blazeit on Tumblr. On the bright side, at least the Destiel/political event nexus is still active?   Links A timeline of the Elon saga: https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/24/elon-musk-twitter-offer-timeline/   About Us Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills.

This is the dead thing becoming the body. This is the dead thing opening the body's eyes. This is the dead thing rising from the grave. This is the dead thing saying “What the hell—I didn't ask to be summoned. I was having a great time being dead and dreaming about nothing.” | Copyright 2022 by Isabel J. Kim. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

In this episode: there's nothing wrong with web3 and it is going just great, because we've entered a parallel dimension where crypto doesn't exist but women do. That's a lie: we're here to talk about the biggest financial seizure in history, cryptoland, and also, Razzlekhan. And we're joined by special guest Molly White, creator of “web3 is going just great,” a site that chronicles the many stumbles web3 has while it continues its sigma grindset. Also, Amanda raps. So you should listen for that, at the very least.   Show Notes  Web3 is going just great: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ Molly's website: https://www.mollywhite.net/ Abuse and harassment on the blockchain: https://blog.mollywhite.net/abuse-and-harassment-on-the-blockchain/ Razzlekhan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38TQeQrQ88 Cryptoland video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26fUL_YB14  Crypto money laundering scandal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-08/judge-grants-bail-to-crypto-couple-charged-in-4-5-billion-hack?sref=w8mEqFdc Deep dive on Razzlekhan: https://www.theverge.com/22924237/razzlekhan-bitfinex-hack-laundering-bitcoin-explained-rapper-heather-morgan     Affiliate Links  Libro.fm: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1001477&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Fmembership%3Fmp%3DWOW (…or just enter promo code WOW to start a monthly subscription with two books for the price of one!) Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/shop/wowiftrue   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

This episode features "The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the February 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_22 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

The multiverse broke last week. Broke is perhaps the wrong word. More accurate would be performed a state-change or found new equilibrium, but tell that to Catalina Chang, who has been popping aspirin like M&Ms ever since last Thursday, 5:54 PM, when the Unspecified Incident in the Lab superimposed all versions of reality together like a flaky scallion pancake. Aspirin still exists. So do coffee and antidepressant commercials, except on alternate Tuesdays, except when they don't exist at all. | Copyright 2022 by Isabel J. Kim. Narrated by Judy Young.

[TW: mention of sexual assault 5:05-5:20] In this episode: Is this a poetry workshop? No! It's the gamer girl spectacular, featuring gamer girl Eric Silver. Just kidding, Eric isn't a gamer girl, Eric's the Head of Creative at Multitude Productions and Dungeon Master of Join the Party. We're here talking about real gamer girl things, like mergers and acquisitions — specifically Microsoft and Activision, the Undertale-Pope connection, and whether we approve of Wordle culture or not. After we recorded this, every single game company decided to merge (Sony and Bungie!), and the NYT acquired Wordle, proving once again that we are cursed with Apollo's gift of prophecy. Affiliate Links  Libro.fm: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1001477&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Fmembership%3Fmp%3DWOW (…or just enter promo code WOW to start a monthly subscription with two books for the price of one!) Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/shop/wowiftrue Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

In this episode: Iz breaks Amanda with the identity of blorbo, we discuss the circular nature of social media fame and going viral for nothing (hello Hype House yes this is a drag), and the current Tower of Babel situation Tumblr is undergoing. Also, we talk about rebranding, both conceptually and as a very real thing we're doing. Show Notes Blorbo links? https://twitter.com/tumblr/status/1480981759369965571 https://casgirl.tumblr.com/post/672727025101979648 https://pwcbthesixth.tumblr.com/post/673230436853596160/to-anyone-who-missed-it-blorbo-a-favourite https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/blorbo-from-my-shows-tumblr-meme/ The New Yorker on Tumblr:  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-tumblr-became-popular-for-being-obsolete Affiliate Links  Libro.fm: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1001477&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Fmembership%3Fmp%3DWOW (…or just enter promo code WOW to start a monthly subscription with two books for the price of one!) Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/shop/wowiftrue Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

​​Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, hosted by meme sommeliers and real-life besties: tech journalist Amanda Silberling and terminally-online law guy Isabel J. Kim. We dig into what, where, and how something's going viral, and why what's happening online matters in real life. New episodes every other Wednesday. Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

This week, we're rolling back the calendar to talk about the viral highlights (and lowlights) of 2021. Just kidding, we're talking about Timothée Chalamet being Amanda's real life nemesis, the magnetic, unexplainable appeal of Pete Davidson, and also the upsetting juxtaposition between tragedy and comedy that defined viral events in 2021. Also, Isabel threatens to murder three different people.   Show Notes Paige Skinner's 2021 discourse list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9Poy88d4mO2g4BsZY2xRYRqseFUrHztTAfoVzyu2uw/edit Llama in a Tux discourse list: https://twitter.com/llamainatux/status/1475173334505693184?s=21   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

Mysticism meets data science in this week's episode, where we unwrap Spotify Wrapped and talk way more about auras than we needed to. Also, if the algorithm suggested this episode to you — great news for recursion fans, we talk about the algorithm. And last, weird news for money fans, Mr. Beast is throwing lots of it away, cause that's what the content machine craves — not you though, YOU want to listen to this episode.   Show Notes Mystic Michaela: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2021-12-01/learn-more-about-the-audio-aura-in-your-spotify-2021-wrapped-with-aura-reader-mystic-michaela/ Brand cocoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHK494AUxE Amanda's MrBeast/Squid Game article: https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/03/mrbeast-squid-game-creator-economy-viral/ Isabel is on a cool list: https://www.tor.com/2021/12/14/must-read-speculative-short-fiction-for-november-2021/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Allison Mills. 

32: Corporate Cringe Facebook rebranded, which is extremely cringe and not based. Also, venture capitalists are subsidizing the lives of creators now, and we can't decide whether that's cringe or if we're jealous that no one is giving us millions of dollars for this S-tier podcast. Also also, Isabel makes Amanda go into the Wendy's Discord, the definition of corporate cringe. Somehow, Amanda's childhood skiing accident comes up. It's a mess of an episode, but we know you love mess. Show Notes Venture capital firm invests in creator: https://www.axios.com/content-creators-financing-investing-startups-cb5cea1f-9bf6-4345-9b37-e9bcb5506e94.html Facebook's biggest crime (forgot to mention in episode but you gotta see this): https://www.inputmag.com/culture/leak-this-internal-facebook-benefits-video-may-be-its-greatest-crime Wendy's has a discord: https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1425549128399040519 The Empire State Building Stans Taylor: https://twitter.com/empirestatebldg/status/1458460717544361988?s=21 The corporate Twitter that is the best and most crisis-inducing: https://twitter.com/steak_umm Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

Author : Isabel J. Kim Narrator : Andrew K. Hoe Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 472: AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is A Quest (Or: What Danny Did Over Spring Break) is a Cast of Wonders original. Death The Annual Migration of Clouds […] The post Cast of Wonders 472: AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is A Quest (Or: What Danny Did Over Spring Break) appeared first on Cast of Wonders.

31: Cult Survivor TikTok (ft. Elizabeth Hunter) Sometimes, the algorithm is… good? For people with very specific experiences — like surviving a cult — social media can be a place of connection and healing. Elizabeth Hunter went viral on TikTok for talking about her experiences growing up in a fundamentalist cult, and now, she's the named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Department of Education — it's a long story, but we have it all for you here on your favorite internet culture podcast! We also confront Elizabeth about the awful way in which she cuts avocados and talk about how going viral has impacted her life.  Trigger warning for discussions of child abuse and sexual assault. Here are some timestamps to avoid if you wanna steer clear:  15:10 - 15:25 22:00 -22:10 31:15-31:45   Show Notes Elizabeth's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thatlizhunter Elizabeth's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatlizhunter/ Elizabeth's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTxpivxeCjK6i9RSBS9vMGg Elizabeth in Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-students-sue-religious-schools-discrimination Elizabeth in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/christian-colleges-lawsuit-lgbtq-equality-act/2021/03/29/39343620-90af-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Another episode, another deep dive into pointless internet drama. This time, we're talking about Realms of Ruin, the ill-fated NFT-based publishing project created by six bestselling young adult authors that people hated so much, it got shut down in hours. Plus, Isabel somehow finds a way to mention Supernatural and Homestuck, and Amanda shares her most controversial opinions.  Show Notes If you are looking for even more content on this, here's a deep dive that we think is very good and we have no bias: https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/26/inside-realms-of-ruin-ya-novelists-failed-nft-project/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

"You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday" by Isabel J. Kim Annalise does not survive childbirth, and yet, she lives. A story about family, loss, eldritch horrors, and just what it means to be home.  Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Gowri Koneswaran, Produced by Katalina Watt, Edited by Lian Xia Rose Visit khoreomag.com & follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag. Artwork: Cindy Fan Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0Free Download or Stream: http://bit.ly/-this-too-shall-pass Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SEKx5vpSgvI

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss is the non-cheugy evil twin of the very cheugy Live, Laugh, Love, so of course, here you go: here's a full episode unpacking the trifecta of white feminism. We talk about Isabel being a corporate lawyer who says fuck at work, the origin of the term girlboss, and debate whether or not Elizabeth Holmes is a Girlboss. Also, we have a discord now! So if you're not a Patreon patron what are you waiting for?? But if your name is Craig you can get in free. Sorry we don't make the rules. Show Notes A primer on gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss: https://www.vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning Elizabeth Holmes cosplayers: https://twitter.com/doratki/status/1435621048473456643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1435627204340240387%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fuprox We do recommend John Carreyrou's book Bad Blood, which encompasses the gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss-ing of Elizabeth Holmes  The Girlboss has left the building: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/girlbosses-what-comes-next/613519/ Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

We happen to have a good ol' buddy who /competed in the Olympics/, so of course, we had to have her on the show so that we could ask her about the supposed “anti-sex” Olympic beds. Meet Regina Salmons, a real life Olympic Rower who competed for Team USA in the Women's 8 race! She's 6'1”, not 6'0”, and she's here to talk with us about the best Olympics memes from Olympics TikTok (where, of course, she was also featured in some viral TikToks).  Also, there's a lot of free condom discourse here, we're very sorry. Isabel insists we add “imma keep it real with you former prime minister of japan shinzo abe, these beds will NOT improve japan's birthrate" here.   Show Notes The ESPN Olympic Village sex feature: https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/story/_/id/8133052/athletes-spill-details-dirty-secrets-olympic-village-espn-magazine The New York Times had to debunk the anti-sex bed thing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/asia/tokyo-olympics-anti-sex-beds-cardboard.html Regina is (kinda) TikTok famous, thanks to teammate Kendall Chase, who is (actually) TikTok famous: https://www.tiktok.com/@kennychase25/video/6981885315321482502 Vox said this TikTok featuring Regina was “very viral” so…: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/7/27/22595023/olympics-tiktok-olympictok-tokyo Really, Olympic Village TikTok is a thing: https://embedded.substack.com/p/ilona-maher-on-olympic-village-tiktok  Olympic Village showers can't fit 7-foot-tall athletes: https://www.tiktok.com/@caffarof/video/6987937018118458630 The confusing dining hall trash system: https://www.tiktok.com/@ilonamaher/video/6989089861751885061?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Cockroach close-up: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/womens-hockey-tokyo-cockroach-camerman-b1895952.html Follow Regina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/14rsalmons/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Isabel is on vacation, so we invited Eric Silver (Multitude, Join the Party) back on the show to fill in! We talk about matzo ball soup, updates in our internet fame quests, Tony Hawk's blood skateboards, the Mets, internet Yom Kippur, and Mamoswine.    Show Notes Amanda talked about OnlyFans on a podcast about… finance!? https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/onlyfans-policy-change-is-a-tale-as-old-as-the-internet/ Speaking of podcasts, listen to Join the Party: https://www.jointhepartypod.com/ Vulture's Succession Cover Story: https://www.vulture.com/article/succession-season-three.html Blood skateboards… inputmag.com/style/tony-hawk-liquid-death-human-blood-paint-skateboards-skate-decks Celebrities love blood https://www.thecut.com/2021/08/why-are-celebrities-so-obsessed-with-their-own-blood.html The Mets are trolls: https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/8/31/22649462/mets-thumbs-down-javier-baez-sandy-alderson-steve-cohen Multitude is cool: https://multitude.productions/ Eric is cool: http://www.ericsilver.work/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

We regret to inform you that you have reached the dreaded Homestuck episode. We talk about what it was like to be a Homestuck back in the day, why Isabel thinks Homestuck will be taught in English classes in 50 years, the apparent fraud (?), and buckets (???).  Shout out to Sophie, Bryan, and Brae for sending us testimonials about how Homestuck ruined (or improved?) your lives.    Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Tumblr announced a monetization feature and all hell broke loose. Isabel witnessed it on the scene, wading through the Wild West of the internet. Amanda wrote about it and snuck the word “Destiel” into an article, prompting Tumblr to get mad. Just another day in the internet's wasteland, but what does the backlash against Tumblr Post+ mean for the future of the platform? How can social platforms monetize without alienating their community? Big questions, big answers.   Show Notes “Tumblr debuts Post+, a subscription service for Gen Z creators:” https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/21/tumblr-debuts-post-a-subscription-service-for-gen-z-creators/ “Trouble in fandom paradise: Tumblr users lash out against its beta subscription feature” https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/22/tumblr-community-lash-out-post-plus-subscription/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

We take listener questions about our first internet dramas, how we met, forgotten YouTube videos, fanfiction, how to tell if you're in a social or parasocial relationship, and other things — but somehow, Isabel still teaches us something new about Supernatural, because our show is absolutely cursed.    Show Notes Golden Loves Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBluUZ4NnZg Goofy Sings Bring Me to Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLYl4fM8yk Apparently the Pirates video is lost forever.   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Amanda finally breaks and starts making TikToks. Isabel does her Valley Girl voice. It's full chaotic evil here at Wow If True. We talk about the nuances of Cheugy vs. Camp, the best title for a thesis you've ever heard, and somehow, Isabel makes us learn more about Supernatural. We're fine. We promise. Everything is fine.    Show Notes What is Cheugy?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html What is Camp?: https://qz.com/quartzy/1419465/susan-sontags-54-year-old-essay-on-camp-is-essential-reading-to-understand-culture-in-2018/ Amanda tries to be TikTok famous: http://tiktok.com/@asilbwrites   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

TikTok is simple. You crochet chicken nuggets with pride hats, and the people go wild. That's what happened to our pal Hannah, who's now known to her 20k followers as “nugget lady” because she's crocheting so many chicken nuggets. We talk to Hannah about her viral nugget journey, breaking bones, seltzer, bad puns, and more.    Show Notes Hannah's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@franklyhannah?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Hank Green roasted me: https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1402683051369402369   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

It's the Shrektacular, the Shrek spectacular in which we speculate about Shrek! We're back from our break and ready to rumble with some ogre-due content about Shrek, which turns 20 this week. Did Shrek animators really take mud showers while working on the film? We have the answers. What is cheugy? That, we do not have the answer to. We also talk about Zoom Graduation, TAZ Graduation, Zoom Bris, Grabovoi Numbers, ABO, and so much more.   Show Notes The Mud Shower saga: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1387122886176018437 What is Cheugy? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html Amanda writes about Shrek: https://www.polygon.com/22434541/shrek-memes Grabovoi numbers: https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1389441178320269312   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Today in the lives of your intrepid hosts: Isabel gets really good life advice from Wil Wheaton, Amanda investigates TikTok's “industry plant punk band,” and also, what do you do with 2.5 pounds of rainbow sprinkles? We also talk about The Circle, the millennial vs. gen z debate (again), and rank people's Dungeons and Dragons character names, like Kyle the Warlock.   Show Notes The Tramp Stamps drama: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tramp-stamps-dr-luke-tiktok-backlash-1156440/ Wil Wheaton is on tumblr? https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

When Steve Ibsen was in high school, he made the Kitty Cat Dance, which went viral – but, this was 2004, when YouTube didn't even exist, and the internet was even wilder than it is now, so he lost control of the Kitty Cat Dance! His meme was used without his permission by Hot Topic and Roblox, and finally, 17 years later, Steve turned the video into an NFT to regain some control. What the #*$*(@ is an NFT? Why are meme creators using them? Listen to find out!   Show Notes The Kitty Cat Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA_cs4WZHM& Why Steve Auctioned Kitty Cat Dance as an NFT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez_oIh3ot_s Steve's TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@steve.ibsen Steve's website: https://www.steveibsen.com/Mouse Night: https://www.mousenight.com/ Chug Jug With You - Goofy Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikOuUa3hFjA More explanation of NFTs: https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq Just dropping this here: https://aux.avclub.com/a-tail-of-two-kitties-wronged-internet-creators-are-ta-1846602349?   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

It's just us this week! We talk about Lil Nas X's blood shoes, old tweets about Sandstorm by Darude, the legality of URL hoarding, Omegle adventures, Fuck Yeah blogs on Tumblr, Wizard SATs, Nyan Cat, and more.   Show Notes Montero (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k Lil Nas X Apologizes for the Satan Shoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESf8Un3g9zM Shameless plug that Amanda wrote about Nyan Cat: https://www.inputmag.com/culture/nyan-cat-meme-gif-nft-10th-birthday-chris-torres-history Friendship bracelets are in progress: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod/status/1378141665270104067   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

This episode features "Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the March 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

This episode features "Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the March 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

A dating app for people stuck in the Suez Canal, sweaters for your drone, venture capitalist trading cards, real life blue checks, a recruiting agency for quitting your job – Danielle Baskin makes a living off of internet jokes gone too far, and we're so here for it. We talk about turning memes into businesses, karaoke on the Suez Canal, putting your drone on Tinder, and more.   Show Notes Forever Given, the Suez Canal Dating App: www.forevergiven.app Tweet announcing the dating app: https://twitter.com/djbaskin/status/1375576304590888961 “I Like That The Boat Is Stuck”: https://stone-soup.ghost.io/archive/i-like-that-the-boat-is-stuck/ Danielle's website: https://daniellebaskin.com/ Amanda wrote about Danielle once: https://observer.com/2021/02/danielle-baskin-entrepreneurial-performance-artist/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our production is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Mike Schubert joins us to talk about reevaluating your “personal brand” after making it big on the internet, being in a parasocial relationship with thousands of people, and launching his new show Modern Muckraker! We ask Mike our burning questions: is it ethical to keep making fandom content when the creator of the source material turns out to be… uh… a TERF? What was it like when Vine collapsed? Do tomatoes belong in guac?   Show Notes Help fund Mike's show Modern Muckraker! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/schubes/modern-muckraker-a-comedic-investigative-journalism-podcastm  Mike's website/other projects: https://www.schub.es/ Hugh Brandity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHK494AUxE&t=2s Amanda's still trying to make the lettuce bracket happen: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1374400743273164802   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

It's just another episode of Wow If True in which Isabel finds a way to mention Supernatural, a television show which is extremely no longer on air. But it's also not just another episode, because journalist John Loeppky joins us to talk about the relationship between disability and memes! Yes, memes intersect with all aspects of culture. Other conversation topics include Isabel's sword collection, John's illustrious wheelchair basketball career, how to use alt text, lettuce, and – for some reason – bronies.   Show Notes John Loeppky!:https://linktr.ee/johnloeppky Journalism D&D alignment meme: https://twitter.com/intothemelwoods/status/1316482655215468544 Alt text Twitter bot: https://twitter.com/get_altText Twitter's alt text guide: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descriptions Amanda's lettuce bracket: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1251714049324331010   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

The Garages write music about the Blaseball, a web-browser horror/comedy game taking the internet by reverb. It's a fanband! Like fanfiction, but music, but also extremely punk rock. Today we're here with Robin Yu, one of the Garages' over 100 members, to talk about going collectively viral—but also to talk about the Bee Movie, Twilight, Supernatural, Pokemon Go, and a bunch of other similar malarkey! It's fine! Play blall!   Show Notes Post-interview, Robin asked us to clarify that the fourth strike server is open only to those currently working on existing projects, not people totally new to the collective, so this is us clarifying!  Robin's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/biiiiiird The Garages' bandcamp: https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/ Discipline double LP: https://www.iam8bit.com/products/blaseball-vinyl-soundtrack Amanda wrote about Blaseball: https://www.inputmag.com/gaming/drop-everything-youre-doing-play-some-blaseball Play Blaseball! blaseball.com   Songs We Mentioned UR TOO SLOW by 100 Crabs: https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/track/ur-too-slow-explicit froggy chair song by poop wizard: https://soundcloud.com/poop-wizard/froggy-chair-song Godspeed by The Garages: https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/track/godspeed Dial Tone from Blaseball the Musical: https://blaseballmusical.bandcamp.com/track/dial-tone   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

Ten episodes in, and finally, Amanda went viral! Unfortunately, it was for a dick joke. Meanwhile, Isabel is getting paid on Tumblr to psychoanalyze people. We also discuss Amanda's long lost Hollywood relative, why people are selling ocean galaxy lights on Twitter, cryptoart, and a life-changing truth about none pizza with left beef. As our lives slowly spin out of control, we also take time to reflect on how the podcast is going – let us know your thoughts!   Show Notes Amanda's viral dick joke: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1365687972268544000 Why are these projectors all over Twitter: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg83n3/why-viral-tweets-are-trying-to-sell-you-these-galaxy-light-projectors You need to know this wild fact about None Pizza with Left Beef: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/none-pizza-with-left-beefs-creator-steve-molaro-interview.html Isabel published a story this week and we're putting it in the show notes because you should read it: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/ Actually this was just an elaborate excuse so that Amanda doesn't feel bad about linking her Blaseball feature, but we're doing a Blaseball episode next week so it makes sense: https://www.inputmag.com/gaming/drop-everything-youre-doing-play-some-blaseball   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

We can't seem to stop talking about the value of workers unions on our meme podcast. This week, we dig into the role of Twitter in the Reply All/Gimlet/Bon Appetit drama that's unfolding. Also, Amanda tells the story about how recently, she accidentally became a dog's press secretary. She also shares how not-so-recently, she participated in a Lincoln-Douglass debate about the Cullen family at Borders. Plus, apparently dads are on Clubhouse? Who knew!    Show Notes Gimlet thread from Eric Eddings: https://twitter.com/eeddings/status/1361789128006897668 Levi Fetterman's dog breed announcement: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1359176839827234823 Dogs as campaign surrogates: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/us/politics/democratic-candidates-dogs-bloomberg.html Dick cake: https://twitter.com/isabeljkim/status/1360439095902818307 Amanda's dad is on Clubhouse: https://twitter.com/KenSilberling/status/1363520694584287234 Ashton vs. Anderson: https://www.cnet.com/news/ashton-outmaneuvers-cnn-to-1-million-on-twitter/ Blaseball returns (and we'll have an episode about it in a few weeks): blaseball.com   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.   

If you think shitposting can't get you anywhere, think again. Meet Organizer Memes, the Hannah Montana of progressive political Twitter: by day, they're just another organizer, knocking door-to-door in the rain. By night, they're an anonymous Internet personality rubbing virtual elbows with Senators like Jon Ossoff, who they got to tweet “Memes” once. But memes aren't all fun and games – the account's anonymity allows organizers to submit stories of their hardships in campaign work in a protected way. Now, Organizer Memes has over 12,000 followers, and their tweets often amass millions of views – but as our anonymous friend says, “It doesn't matter how many followers I have. I need this for my sanity.”   Show Notes Organizer Memes: https://twitter.com/OrganizerMemes Jon Ossoff woke up and chose memes: https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/1346164079371628548?lang=en Campaign Abuse thread: https://twitter.com/OrganizerMemes/status/1331024205706633216 Amanda dunks on the Lincoln Project: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1358452021238640643 Learn more about the impact of youth organizers: https://medium.com/@emma.h.friend/dont-agonize-organize-the-ed-markey-organizing-model-cf6364ab167e Organizer Memes merch store: https://www.solidaritysuperstore.com/organizermemes Organizer Moms: https://twitter.com/organizermoms   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Isabel invests. Amanda doesn't. But, we both play Animal Crossing. Amanda McLoughlin (Spirits, Join the Party) stops by to teach us about the Gamestop + Wall Street Bets situation by comparing it to turnip sales in Animal Crossing! Other conversation topics include ghosting famous people, the Great Gatsby Undead, Amanda's secret residence on 123 Reading Road, and the secret sci-fi writers forums.   Show Notes Amanda McLoughlin's Animal Crossing Stonks Thread: https://twitter.com/shessomickey/status/1354585934466068480 Spirits: https://spiritspodcast.com/ House Breakfast: https://www.twitch.tv/housebreakfast Tulipmania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania#Background_and_history Amanda got “Well Actually”-ed: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1354992247243218948 Vampire Gatsby: https://www.cnet.com/news/vampire-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgeralds-classic-novel-gets-undead-spin/   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

In this very meta interview with Eric Silver, Head of Creative at Multitude Productions, we discover that all podcasts are actually just about podcasts. What's fair use? No one knows! What are the four pillars of mediocre D&D content? You can probably guess. Why is being Jewish on the internet so fraught sometimes? You can probably guess that one too. How much can Join the Party fans pay Eric to eat a D20? Well, the answer to that question is at your fingertips.   Show Notes Multitude: https://multitude.productions/ Join the Party (Eric's DND podcast): https://www.jointhepartypod.com/ Eric's essay for Alma on antisemitism in Dungeons & Dragons: https://www.heyalma.com/dungeons-dragons-has-an-antisemitism-problem/ All of Eric's other cool stuff: http://ericsilver.work We didn't mention this in the episode but look at these beans D20s: https://twitter.com/DiceBuffet/status/1350519143657828353   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

After the Inauguration, the internet has become even stranger. Why are Senators feuding on TikTok? Is it possible that Dean/Castiel canonization in the CW's Supernatural is a predictor of major events in U.S. politics? Plus, we're joined by special guest Tatiana Tenreyro, a pop culture journalist who went viral for her Bernie meme Instagram account @theberniealbums. The pure joy of seeing Bernie in his mittens may have been short-lived, but our quest for internet fame is not. This week, we continue to plot our world domination (by that, we mean, write Jewish fanfic and do sword tricks on TikTok). Show Notes Dean/Castiel canonization x U.S. Politics timeline: https://asimovsideburns.tumblr.com/post/640311088952623104 Senator Bob Casey loves us: https://twitter.com/senbobcasey/status/773581446699163648 We love Senator Bob Casey's clapback TikTok: https://twitter.com/OrganizerMemes/status/1352866110400585728 Tatiana's Bernie meme account: https://www.instagram.com/theberniealbums/ Tatiana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatianatenreyro Tatiana's Bushwick Boy quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/brooklynomnivore/which-terrible-bushwick-boy-iave-hooked-up-with-3dd4t Amanda is quoted as a Jewish meme expert (sort of): https://www.heyalma.com/the-cathartic-joy-of-bernie-sanders-memes/ Amanda's best Bernie meme: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1351976360714137602/photo/1 Kilroy was here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here Hold on tight, spidermonkey: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod/status/1352430496941305859?s=20 Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Meet Emily Temple-Wood, winner of the Wikipedian of the Year Award and actual internet famous Wikipedia person! Since she was 12, Emily has been writing and editing articles on Wikipedia. After realizing the gender disparity in both the encyclopedia's content and editors, she started the viral Project Women Scientists. In this episode, we talk about coming of age online, managing internet harassment, the Great Gatsby vs. Zombies, and everyone's least favorite band, U2. [Note: The audio quality here isn't our best, but we are improving rapidly! Fret not! Also, don't forget to leave us a written review on iTunes by 1/24/21 to enter our giveaway! More info here: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod/status/1350603765989191686] Show Notes Emily's fancy Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Temple-Wood Emily's website: https://www.emilytemplewood.com/ Moon's Haunted: https://twitter.com/Dustinkcouch/status/1057094474227240960 Amanda references her own art: https://amandasilberling.com/warpig Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/mediocre audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

It may be worth pointing out that we recorded this on New Year's Eve, and… a lot of things have happened on the internet since then. This is a relic of a simpler time. Speaking of relics from simpler times, we have a lot of opinions about Midnight Sun, and we decided that now's the time to share them. Amanda mourns her Teen Jeopardy career that ended before it began, and Isabel is watching Hannibal? In 2021? Plus, we discuss the edibility (and deliciousness) of various Pokémon, as inspired by the internet's shining light Brian David Gilbert.   Show Notes BDG's final Polygon video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqzghgtJ1Is Carlisle Cullen x Lori Loughlin: https://bag-of-eggs.tumblr.com/post/188096227776/mood-board Amanda's Jeopardy dreams: https://twitter.com/asilbwrites/status/1343936933618180097 Isabel's Powerpoint: https://twitter.com/4non4lchemist/status/1338541131613745156   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/mediocre audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Hey, it's our first episode! We introduce you to your intrepid co-hosts Isabel and Amanda as they strive to become famous on the internet. We talk about Obama reading Marx to impress ethereal bisexuals, the end of Supernatural (it was still running!?), the secret underground world of fanfic publishing, and so much more. Thoughts on the show? Tweet us at @wowiftruepod!   Show Notes That time when Amanda got paid to write about memes: https://www.papermag.com/how-facebooks-largest-meme-group-was-overthrown-in-one-click-1876262586.html The thing we got a cease & desist for which IS NO LONGER ON THE INTERNET YOU CANNOT PURCHASE IT: https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/255458018/IMG_9317.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&h=1000&w=1000 “I yield my time, fuck you” guy: https://www.gq.com/story/lapd-i-yield-my-time-guy Ratatouille the Musical (okay, we recorded this in December and it shows): https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/ratatouille-musical-actors-fund-1234881445/ Politicians as D&D classes: https://twitter.com/OrganizerMemes/status/1332835191216287744 #obama lore: https://thyrell.tumblr.com/post/635354132262354944/can-you-imagine-being-friends-with-obama-in   Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com   About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design/mediocre audio editing is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes. 

Wow If True is a super-serious plunge into what it's like to go viral online, hosted by writers Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Every Wednesday, these clout-chasing, D-list internet personalities dissect the week's best memes, interview people who are internet famous, and plot their own misguided quest for niche popularity.​ Find Us Online  We love the internet. You can interact with us on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and on wowiftrue.com! We also have a Patreon, where you can help us cover the costs of producing our show. One of our perks is friendship bracelets, just saying.  About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Isabel J. Kim, and our web design is by Amanda Silberling. We like memes.